Energy

Energy efficiency can play a crucial role in India’s goal to provide reliable and affordable access to energy in a sustainable and secure manner. A number of policies and programmes aimed at conserving

Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Monday underscored the need for better utilization of non conventional resources of energy available in the State stressing on replacement of installations run on conventional energy by the new and renewable energy resources wherever possible.
"This would shift the pressure on hydro electric power supply and help to divert it for other important uses", he added.

Bhopal: To solve the electricity problems of farmers, Energy Department has issued necessary directives to State's three electricity distribution companies to ensure responsibility of field officials to comply with the same.
After receiving complaints of registering false cases of electricity thefts against farmers, the State Government has said that competent officials will investigate matters

Much to the discomfort of the consumers already facing frequent power cuts, rising price of coal in the international market, reluctance of state electricity boards (SEBs) to buy costly power generated from imported coal have forced several power companies to cut down their overall electricity generation.

With an aim to capture the growing energy space in India, engineering and construction major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is targeting its power division to add sales of about $3 billion by 2015 compared to $400 million currently, the company's CMD AM Naik said.

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday called upon all MLAs to identify large buildings under their Assembly segments for setting up small solar energy plants and to suggest suitable sites for construction of parking lots.
Addressing the MLAs and senior officials at Delhi Secretariat on the second day of the interactive sessions organised to bring all legislators from given p

NEW DELHI: Moser Baer Power Projects on Tuesday announced that it had tied up for funds with Macquarie SBI Infrastructure for funding the first phase of its 2,520 MW thermal power project at Anuppur in Madhya Pradesh by offering the latter minority stake in the project.
First phase
Addressing a press conference here, company Promoter Deepak Puri said Macquarie SBI Infrastructure would invest R

As many as 7 lakh meters of electricity consumers in the state are out of order. This is causing huge monetary losses to Haryana Power Utility as the absence of exact meter readings increases the misuse of power by consumers.
Sources in the power utility say, out of the 46 lakh electricity consumers in the state, as many as 7 lakh have meters which have been out of order for months together.